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 ## Getting Started
 It is perfectly fine, and even recommended, to start testing with just a single motor and encoder.
-Make sure you have a good mechanical connection between the encdoer and the motor, slip can cause disasterous oscillations.
+Make sure you have a good mechanical connection between the encoder and the motor, slip can cause disasterous oscillations.
 All non-power I/O is 3.3V output and 5V tolerant on input, except:
 * GPIO 3 and GPIO 4 are NOT 5V tolerant on ODrive v3.2 and earlier.